Screened crib or bed.



H. L. & M. A. CALDWELL.

SCREENED CRIB 0R BED.

APPLICATION man MAR- 6. 1914.

1,175,409.; Patented Mar. 14,1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Application at March 6,1914. serial No. 823,019.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HAROLD L. CALD- WELL and MAnoUs A. CALDWELL, citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin andfState of Ohio,

have invented a certain new and useful Imthe cover frame are rendered easier and the cost of construction reduced.

In th accompanying drawing-Figure 1 is an end view of the crib. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the rear edge of the cover frame showing also the guides for the same. Fig. 3 is a detail of the upper right hand rear corner of the crib showing the cover frame supported in elevated opened position. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the same corner with the cover frame omitted. Fig. 5 is a perspective view looking at the inner side of the upper end of the channel member.

The construction generally is substantially the same as shown in said former application, that is to say it comprises a bottom frame, ends hinged thereto to fold above the bottom, sides having "slip hinges connecting them to the bottom and adapting them to be folded one above the other and acover frame having a sliding connection with one of the sides. The bottom, ends, sides and cover are covered with wire screen. In the present instance the bottom frame is designated at 6, one of the ends at 10 and front and rear frames at 11 and 11 respectively and the cover frame at 12. Secured to the ends of the rear frame 11 is a pair of channel members or guides 13 and 13 formed of strips of sheet metal longitudinallv rolled to form a securing lip 14;, a pin groove 15 and a lip 16 bent inward at right angles to the securing lip 14: to form with the cribs rear frame the main channel 3r groove for receiving the end edges of the cover frame when the latter frame is to be compacted with said rear frame. -The cover frame has secured to it hinging pins 17 and 17 that project a little beyond the ends of that frame and each of the guides 13 and is raised to closing position. Punched out of the rear wall of the pin groove 15 is a tongue 18 (see Fig. 5) that forms not-only a stop to prevent the entire extraction of the cover frame from the main channel when that frame is raised but also a guide to direct the hinge pins17 and 17 into the horizontal parts of the L-shaped slot. When the cover frame is raised in the main groove to bring the hinge pins against these stops 18 the cover frame is inclined and pulled forward until the hinge pins stand over the vertical parts of said L-shaped slots whereupon the whole frame may be dropped to closing position. 7

The position of the cover frame, when being raised, in the main channel is indicated by the broken lines in Fig. 3. To support the cover frame in open position, as for the purpose of temporarily removing the infant or adjusting the pillow or clothing. said frame is merely raised, as in opening the lid of a trunk, and turned back to a position slightly beyond the vertical where it will be supported by the inwardly turned lips 16 of the channel member as further depicted in Fig. 3. To put the cover frame from closing position into compacted relation with the rear frame the operation "is the reverse of that obtaining in bringing the cover frame to closed position, that is to say the cover frame is raised to vertical position and then slightly lifted and moved rearward to remove the hinge pins from the vertical part of the L-shaped groove and through the bent horizontal part into the The details of construction are susceptible 13 is provided with L-shaped slothavlng the horizontal branch lying partly in of some modifications Without departing from the substance thereof. 7 p p \Vhat'weblaim is- 1, A foldable protective crib 0r bedineluding a rear frame and channel members fixed thereon. parallel to sald frame, comand depressed from said grooves to receive bined with a cover frame adapted to he slid at 1ts edges lnto sa1d channel members, rigid hinge plns on the rear corners of said cover frame, said channel membersprovided with grooves for said pins, seats-in the channel members offset and depressed from said grooves to receive said pins When'the cover frame is moved to open raised position.

2. A foldable protective crib or bed. in-

cluding a rear frame and channel members ifixed parallel to' each other on the rear frame, said members; having inwardly turned lips, combined with a cover frame adapted to he slid at its edges into said channel members, {rigid hinge pins at the rear corners of said cover frame, said channel members provided With grooves for said pins, seats in the channel members offset said pins Whenthe cover frame is moved to open posltlon, the inwardly turned llps of said channel membersformlng stops at tl1e1r upper ends to support the cover in open raised position 7 HAROLD L. CALDWELL. MARCUS A. CALDWELL.

Witnesses to both signatures:

B. L. GRANT, BENJAMIN FINCKEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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